A Eurasian transformation is underway. With a geopolitically central location, China’s domestic and international policies are poised to change the face of global affairs. The “Belt and Road Initiative” has called attention to a deepening Eurasian continentalism that has, argues Kent Calder, much more significant implications than have yet been recognized. In Super Continent, Calder presents a theoretically guided and empirically grounded explanation for these changes, according to a review on goodreads.com.

The writer shows that key inflection points, beginning with the Four Modernizations and the collapse of the Soviet Union; and culminating in China’s response to the global financial crisis and Crimea’s annexation, are triggering tectonic shifts. Furthermore, understanding China’s emerging regional and global roles involves comprehending two ongoing transformations and that the two are profoundly interrelated.